B6348 crash in Northumberland on 31 July 2011 at 15:11 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B6348 in Northumberland at 15:11 on Sunday 31 July 2011. The 48-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 2011
- Sunday, 15:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSXR 1000 and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.5518, longitude -1.8879, in the NE66 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011100478111
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6348
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 55 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 2021.
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B6348 in Northumberland, 31 May 2021
55 m awayRef 2021101050999
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the B6348 in Northumberland, 11 October 2002
122 m awayRef 2002100300602
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B6348 in Northumberland, 26 December 2009
130 m awayRef 2009100889609
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B6348 in Northumberland, 21 August 2003
284 m awayRef 2003100718203
Slight
Isuzu Trooper crash on the B6348 in Northumberland, 10 April 2006
518 m awayRef 2006100264206
Serious
Car crash on the B6348 in Northumberland, 5 April 1981
854 m awayRef 198110A011981
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2011100478111 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Northumberland road accident statistics for 2011.